I might as well just break the news here. My daughter is pregnant. She is due the end of March. One of the issues she is having right now in her pregnancy is leaking from starting to make breast milk.
A reusable solution is to make cloth nursing pads. That's what I am making in this video. You will need some kind of cotton fabric, a fabric that soaks up liquids well (I used diaper fabric from Walmart), and a water proof material (also called PUL).
There are many pattern options available so find fabric that you enjoy and make a set with me. I got the original pattern here.
I am cheap. I hate spending money on things that are used once and then thrown away. It just feels wasteful especially if you are on a tight budget.
So I made my own. I took store bought underwear, in a style that I liked to wear, and turned them into my own period panties. I used the store bought underwear to make a template for making the pad the size and shape I needed. I am not perfect at this part and the majority of mine were a little wider than the crotch of the underwear. But you know what, they still worked just fine so I am happy.
This consists of a waterproof pad that is attached to the panties. First, I made the pad. The top fabric is simple cotton quilting material that you can get anywhere. I got mine from Walmart. The center material I used diaper fabric. This you want to be most absorbent that you can, some people use Zorb (available on Amazon), but diaper fabric is cheaper and easier for me to get locally since I can get it at Walmart too.
The last layer is a waterproof material. I used PUL that I ordered on Fabric.com. They have many styles and patterns too, but I went with whatever they had on clearance since this won't be seen anyway. PUL material has a pattern on one side (if you have a solid color fabric, the shiny side is the wrong side) and a shiny side that creates the waterproof barrier.
I attach the diaper fabric to the wrong side of the cotton material. I sew all the way around the diaper fabric, then add lines running long ways to make wicking areas. This helps pull the liquid into the diaper fabric quicker which helps the top cotton material stay dryer against your skin and create one cohesive layer.
I then put the PUL material pattern side to the right side of the cotton fabric. Then I sew all the way around this stack, making sure to leave an opening to turn the pad right side out. Then I sew around the pad again making sure to catch the area that I had left open to turn it and creating top stitching around the entire pad.
Then I take that pad, with the PUL material touching the purchased underwear and sew along the crotch seams to attach it in place. Then you're done. You now have your own period panties.
My family lives back in Indiana and Illinois and we are here in Tennessee. Every so often my family will send a gift for Skye in the mail and this time was no exception.
She got a surprise box from my mom and you can watch what she got here:
Cirkul is a bottle that allows you to drink flavored water, or just filtered, without adding any little flavor packets to your bottle. They have many flavors to chose from and some contain caffeine, or even electrolytes.
This was the last order I placed with Melaleuca. There products were not the problem. They were just a little pricier than I could continue to afford, especially when they double order on me and didn't allow me to use their name at all for videos. I have had to delete all previous videos I made on them and it was just not helping me out.
